HOW JEFF SESSIONS WENT FROM DONALD TRUMP BOOSTER TO BÊTE NOIRE

November 18, 2016: Trump announces Sessions' nomination as Attorney General

February 8, 2017: Senate confirms Session as Attorney General by a vote of 52 to 47

March 2, 2017: Sessions recuses himself from the Russia investigation after reports of his contacts with Kislyak, which he did not disclose in his confirmation hearing

March 4, 2017: Session and Trump meet at Mar-a-Lago where the president asks him to reverse his recusal; Session refuses

May 9, 2017: Sessions delivers a memo written by Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein to the President recommending Trump fire FBI Director James Comey

May 17, 2017: Robert Mueller is appointed special counsel by Rosenstein

July 25, 2017: Trump tweets: 'Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!'

March 16, 2018: Sessions fires Deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe

May 30, 2018: In a string of tweets, Trump quotes an interview with GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy, who had said there were a host of good attorneys the president could have named as AG: '...There are lots of really good lawyers in the country, he could have picked somebody else!' And I wish I did!'

August 1, 2018: Trump tweet seems to suggest Sessions should fire Mueller: 'This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!'